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They Got Daddy : One Family's Reckoning with Racism and Faith

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An unforgettable journey through racism and faith across the generations.

January 15, 1959-a day that changed one family forever.

White supremacists kidnapped and severely beat rural Alabama preacher Israel Page, nearly killing him because he had sued a White sheriff's deputy for injuries suffered in a car crash.

After "they" "got Daddy," Israel Page's children began leaving the Jim Crow South, the event leaving an indelible mark on the family and its future.

Decades later, the events of that day fueled journalist Sharon Tubbs's epic quest to learn who had "gotten" her mother's daddy and why.

They Got Daddy follows Tubbs on her moving journey from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to the back roads and rural churches of Alabama.

A powerful revelation of the sustaining and redemptive power of faith and unflinching testimony to the deeply embedded effects of racism across the generations, it demonstrates how the search for the truth can offer a chance at true healing.

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Indiana University Press
0253064457 / 9780253064455
Hardback
03/01/2023
United States
English
162 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps
23 cm
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